Other slightly surprising entries were the weak Brian Keith Western The Raiders, at No. 9, the weakish Jeff Chandler picture The Jayhawkers! at No. 13 and the Ray Milland clunker Copper Canyonat No. 14. Not the world’s
greatest Westerns but there seems to have been interest in them. The ghastly Chuka was, amazingly, sixteenth.

The 20th most popular read was the essay
on The hats. Quite right too, very
important.

Of course, the earlier in the year an
article was posted, the longer people have had time to find it. Otherwise June’s
post on The Westerns of John Wayne
and December’s on Randolph Scott
would probably have been up there.

As to where readers live, the USA comes
top by far, unsurprisingly, with 61% of the readership. France comes next, with
8%. I live in France and post from there so perhaps that’s why, though it’s
also true that the French love their Westerns. 7.7% of readers are from the UK.

The most popular month of the year was
March, with 14,496 hits. There were an average of 11,000 hits a month.

There you go, an update.

I hope you come back often as 2018
progresses, to read the pearls of wisdom (hem hem).

6 comments:

Hi JeffHappy New Year! I really enjoyed reading your reviews. Especially the one about Randolph Scott. Great piece!! One of the greatest actors. I love his oneliner 'Am I?'Thanks. Keep on writing!Best wishes Bart

Howdy. To end the year, I recieved a gift from my wife, a pocket watch from Dobe Carey's estate. Made in 1870, the open face, key wind, has the same sentiment as Capt. Brittles in SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, except it's addressed to Lt. Pennell. The family has no clue who gave it to him. His daughter was there when I got it. Nice ladyDanTom FoolerySASS 2348

Not really saying that. I don't know the time line of events reguarding the watch. The watch does show some slight wear, but the ink is still in the engraving. I don't think they "inked" engraving back then. Still investigating where it could of come from.